Billiard-cue.



No- 830,070. PATENTED SEPT. 4, 1906. I Z. HIGKMAN 82; J. O. HERBINE.

BILLIARD CUE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB.21.1906.

Z236 a H izn a Hembzlne IN YE N T0175 WITNESSES:

. H M M T A UNITED STATES PATH Nil ()FFICE.

ZIBA HICKMAN AND JOHN C. HEEBINE, OF READING. PENNSYLVANIA. I

ElLLifiiFlD-CUE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 4, 1906.

Application filed February 21,1906. Serial No. 302,161.

To all whmn it may concern.-

Be it known that we, ZIBA HICKMAN and JOHN G. HERBIXE, citizens of the United i States, residing at Reading, in the county of Berks and State of Pennsylvania, have'invented ne\ and useful Improvements in Bilhard-Cues, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to imprtwen'ients in billiard-cues, and the object is to provide a one in which the tip may be" readily removed. and replaced by another.

A further object is to overcome the splitting of the oneond,which is of frequent orcurrenee in the ordinary construction.

Another object is the insuring against the use of" a private one by others. With our present construction the ferrule containing the tip may be readily removed fromthe rue when not in use and conveniently carried in the pocket, as tho freruent. removal of the ferrule does not ail ect tl'io position of tho tip.

7 The invention is more fully described in the following specification and clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figurel is an elevation of the end of onrrne. Fig. l is a vertical ventral sectional view thereof, and Fig. 3 shows the parts ready to be assembled. The numeral 1 designates the body of the one. This body portion is redured atits smaller extremity and a screwthread 2 is formed thereon. Aoentral conical lug 7 is also formed on the end.

The numeral 4 designates a tapered ferrule, screw-threaded internally at its larger end and adapted to screw onto the tapered reduced end of the body portion 1 and seat against the shoulder 13, formed thereon by reducing said end. This ferrule formed with an external iri-nnil'orontial bovel 5 at. its smaller end, rednring the thickness of the metal at that point. This is done to prevent accidental cutting of the cloth on the table. This srrcw-threaded end of t he one oniors the ferrule approximately one-hall" of its longih.

The numeral (3 designates lho lip, whirh may be made ol' loaihor, rorlt, or oilni suitable semi-elaslio maiirial. 'lhis lip approximates the internal dimension ol tho sn'ialler end ol the l'orrnle. -'l and is inserted therein 'l'l'UlIl tho larger or inner end. When the tip has been soplarod, lho I'orrulo lssorowod onlo thoouo, and llns ZHllUll \Vlll l'ori-o tho 1 ipoui ol' l the smaller end until it has assumed its proper position and the end of the ferrule rests normally against the shoulder 3, the lug 7 tending to spread the lower end of the tip and insure a snug it in the ferrule. T he. outer end of the tip is then dressed, and the one is complete. Inasmuch as the tip rests normally against ,the end of the body portion of the one, the

ellect oi the blow received by striking a billiard-ball conveyed directly to the cue, the ferrule in its intermediate position acting merely as a retainer for the tip and insuring its rigidity. \Vhen the tip is worn or otherwise becomes useless, its removal and replacement by a new one is easily accomplished.

By means of our device the life of a one is proloi'igod indefinitely and the annoyance and loss of time spent in securing tips to the ones by glueing [hem thereon and waiting for them to dry is overcome. \Vhen the one is not in use by its owner, the ferrule may he removed, thus preventing its use by others not entitled to such use.

Having thus *l'nll v described our invention, what we (-laim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A billiardwno comprising a body portion having a rei'lnvml tapered end, a central conical lug formed thereon, a right-angled circumfercnlial shoulder formed on the one by said reduction, said reduced end being screw-threadod externally, a tapered metal ferrule internally screw-lbreaded at its inner or larger end and having its smaller end formed with an external oircnmlorent ial bevel, said ferrule bein adapted to screw onto the srrcw-threadcd end of the body portion and rest against said shoulder, and a semi-olast in tip, larger in diameter than the internal diameter oi the smaller end otsaid l'oirnle adapted to be inserted into said lorrnlo fr m the larger end and to be l'orood partially through said l vrrnlc, and its inner end expanded by the art of screwing said lei-rule onto the body portion, said tip 'rosi ing nornndly against the end oi the body portion ol llli one.

ln iosiimony whorool we allix our signaiures in [)i( '(ll('( of lwosubsvribing witnesses. 

